The objectives of the Front de Liberation du
Quebec were unmistakable. There were two basic
principles that the members of this group fought
for: 1. [They] will fight for the liberation of
the Quebec people, so long oppressed by the false
cures of capitalism... Abolition of the law for
the rich and a law for the poor, replaced by one
impartial justice for all. 2. [They] fight for the
liberation of the political prisoners of Quebec.
Members of this party, who fought for these rights
seemed to ha...

Quebec City held its first winter carnival in
1894. It was an elaborate celebration that
provided people with relief from the cold harsh
winter. In the sixty years that followed these
winter carnivals were organized periodically. It
wasn't until 1955 that a group of local
businessmen decided that an annual carnival would
be a good way to stimulate the economy during the
long winter months. The Quebec Carnival grew to
become Quebec City's third-largest industry, far
surpassing its organizers drea...

Quebec as a separate nation was fine until the
British conquest, now as time has passed Quebec is
trying to shift toward separation again but with
financial problems, government trauma and the
twenty- first century approaching rapidly
separation is an unattainable feat for Quebec. The
year is 1667 and New France now known as Quebec is
living in peace as a separate nation. New France
was living under a system called the seigneurial
regime and this was a system that was derived from
the homeland i...

If Quebec were to separate, this would certainly
have a devastating impact on Canadian society.
What many upholders of the separation issue do not
realize is that Quebec's needs as a province are
being met by Canada's current federal system. The
fact that Canada is bilingual is its greatest
attribute and changing that would change Canada's
stature in the world. The many advantages that
Quebec holds, being a Canadian province would
cease to exist. The people of Quebec are in the
dark about the re...

Quebec Separation Quebec has always been trying to
maintain it s cultural identity. The path that led
to separatism is long and winding one. The French
saw Confederation as the only solution in 1867.
They needed Confederation to remain in control of
their own language, religion and way of life. The
paradox of the situation was that they also fully
understood that they would always be the minority
in Canada and that as more regions joined
Confederation, the situation would be compounded.
This was...

Canadian Federalism Threatened: The Issues of
Quebec Nationalism and Regionalism Canadian
Federalism Threatened: The Issues of Quebec
Nationalism and Regionalism When it was it first
conceived in 1867, Canada was founded as a state
that would create a government structure based on
federalism. Federalism is defined as: A political
system in which legislative power is distributed
between a national, central, or federal
legislature and a level of state or provincial
legislatures. The relationship b...

Quebec, The Province, The People, The History
Quebec is a province in eastern Canada, bordered
on the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; on
the east by Labrador (Which is a part of
Newfoundland), the Strait of Belle Isle, and the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence; on the south by New
Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New
York, and Ontario; and on the west by Ontario,
James Bay, and Hudson Bay. The name Quebec is
derived from an Algonquian term for 'place where
the river narrows,' referring to t...

The question of whether Quebec will secede from
Canada to become an independent nation has been a
hot topic in the country for several years now. It
dates back to the abortive rebellions of 1837-38.
In 1980, a referendum to secede was rejected by a
60-40 margin. Since then though, the numbers of
Quebeckers that want to become sovereign has
significantly increased. There is so many
questions of what will happen if this does happen.
In this paper I plan to take a deeper look at this
situation and ...

Should Quebec (or other provinces) Separate From
Canada In Order To Best Protect Its Constitutional
Rights? In my opinion, all provinces in Canada,
including Quebec should not separate. Quebec has
been one of the provinces of Canada for a long
period of time. Most people in the world view that
it is one of the component in Canada.
French-Canadian and English-Canadian seem to live
together peacefully without conflict, even many
people with different cultures and languages come
to Canada in recent...

Vote No For Quebec To Be Separate From Canada I
urge you as a fellow Canadian to vote NO! to the
upcoming referendum question. Canada as a whole
has many unique qualities. Our most valued
characteristic is our cultural diversity. Our
combination of Anglophone and Francophone regions
throughout our country and their ability to work
together sets us apart from the rest of the world.
Canada cannot function without Quebec just as
Quebec cannot function without Canada. It has been
said by many, that ...

It is sometimes hard for English Canadians to
grasp how deeply many French Canadians feel the
loss of control over their identity. A generation
ago, it was summed up in a book by FAQ philosopher
Pierre Vallieres, who compared the plight of
Quebecers to the oppression of blacks in the
United States in his book White Niggers of
America. In his manifesto, Vallieres discussed the
determination of the workers in Quebec to put an
end to three centuries of exploitation, of
injustices borne in silence, ...

Should Quebec Have its Freedom persuasion paper on
why Quebec should be free At the end of October in
1995 Canada came close to finally breakingup.
Quebecker s took a vote on the 30 th on whether or
not their provinceshould declare itself an
independent nation. Most people and the
mediabelieve that the separatists would loose. The
people drew these beliefs from asimilar election
help in 1980. Although in this recent poll, these
scores weretoo close to call. The separatists were
defeated by a one...

Quebec's Quiet revolution: What is it? How has it
changed Quebec's society? How has it affected
Confederation? The English-French relations have
not always been easy. Each is always arguing and
accusing the other of wrong doings. Allt his
hatred and differences started in the past, and
this Quiet revolution, right after a new Liberal
government led by JeanLesage came in 1960. Thus
was the beginning of the Quiet Revolution. Lesage
had an excellent team of cabinet ministers which
included Rene Lev...

Should Quebec Separate from Canada Throughout the
world, Canada is known as a domestically tranquil,
economically prosperous, mulitcultural society.
Yet, for some reason, in one of its provinces,
Quebec, a number of people are dissatisfied with
Quebec s relationship with the rest of Canada and
want to secede. The issue of secession is not new,
in fact, the Quebecois voted on this very same
controversial subject in 1980, ending in a
sixty-forty split in favor of the federalists;
those who wished ...

Maine doesn't see Quebec sovereignty as a threat
ROCKPORT, Me. - Premier Lucien Bouchard got the
message he wanted Thursday from two American
politicians: Quebec's future is an internal matter
and economic ties would be kept with their state
if it leaves Canada. "The future of Quebec is
essentially a Canadian matter," Maine Governor
Angus King said at a news conference with Bouchard
in Rockport, a community on the Atlantic Ocean.
"It's not up to us to sit on the sidelines and
suggest what the so...

In past centuries, many countries have had
political problems within themselves. Some took
care of the problem but most of them didn't and
there for either made changes in their
constitution, separated the country like Russia,
formally known as U. S. S. R, and there is also
those who are still dealing with the problem like
Canada. Canada has had for many years its share of
political problems with Quebec who wants either
more political power or sovereignty. The reasons
why Quebec sovereignty is ...

The Meech Lake Accord was an attempt by Canadian
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to get Quebec to
sign the 1982 Constitution. Quebec, led by Premier
Robert Bourassa, submitted five demands. The first
demand, a formal voice of Quebec in Supreme Court
appointments. Second, say on immigration policy
toward Quebec. Others demands include: limits to
federal spending powers in areas of provincial
jurisdiction, veto power on constitutional
amendments affecting provinces and most important,
the recogniti...

The Meech Lake Accord By: The Meech Lake Accord
was an agreement made by the prime minister of
Canada and the premiers of all ten provinces to
improve and make changes to the constitution of
Canada and thereby make it acceptable to the
province of Quebec. The agreement was negotiated
and signed on June 3, 1987 but was never ratified.
The Canadian Constitution, originally known as the
British North America Act, had been proposed in
1867, when Canada was still under British Rule.
When Canada obtai...

Back south, here in the land of the brave we hear
once in the blue moon about those Quebecois and
their independence movement and we shelve it
because perhaps it is not directly relevant to us.
There is a movement up north that could
potentially alter the landscape of our continent
though it has been losing steam recently. Much
like many secessionist movements (though not all)
it has much to do with emotion other than economic
or even political necessity. It's not like the
Francophone population...

'The place of Quebec in Canada is at the heart of
the debate on constitutional reform but is not the
only source of discontent within the Canadian
federal system'
Canadian politics has become an
ever-changing whirlwind of diversity. What is
certain is that since the 1960's 'Quiet
Revolution' in Quebec, the synthesis of federalism
with parliamentary government, and the 1982
Charter of Rights and Freedoms as the three
institutional pillars, have forged a battle
between federal-provincial relati...